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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_analysis/ana_onestep_form.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> to open the <b class="uiTerm">One-step Formability Analysis</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Select Faces</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/unform_region_face.gif" border="0"> option under <b class="uiTerm">Unform Faces</b> is active.
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            <p class="para_item">In the graphics window, select the regions to unform.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">For an intermediate unform, under <b class="uiTerm">Target Region</b>, click <b class="uiTerm">Select Faces</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/target_region_face.gif" border="0">. In the graphics window, specify the target regions that the unform region will be mapped to.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">The <b class="uiTerm">Target Region</b> option is available to perform an intermediate unform only.
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog box, select the boundary condition from the <b class="uiTerm">Constraint Type</b> list, and then select objects in the graphics window to define the selected constraint type.
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            <p class="para_item">The following graphic shows the <b class="uiTerm">Point to Point</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Curve along Curve</b> used as the constraint types.
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            <div class="title_figure">Point selected as the boundary constraint</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog box, select the required material from the <b class="uiTerm">Material</b> list box. All the available materials in the standard NX Material Library are listed in the <b class="uiTerm">Material</b> list. 
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            <p class="para_item">You can click <b class="uiTerm">Settings</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/settings.gif" border="0"> to open the <b class="uiTerm">One-step Analysis Settings</b> dialog box and modify the <b class="uiTerm">Material</b> properties.
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            <p class="para_item">In the graphics window, specify the draw direction.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Draw direction (ZC)</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog box, select the surface type from the <b class="uiTerm">Surface Type</b> list.
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            <p class="para_item">Enter a new thickness value in the <b class="uiTerm">Thickness</b> box.
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) Click <b class="uiTerm">Settings</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/settings.gif" border="0"> to open the <b class="uiTerm">One-step Analysis Settings</b> dialog box and to modify the <b class="uiTerm">Solver </b> settings.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Mesh</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/mesh.gif" border="0"> to perform the surface meshing.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Calculation</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/calculation.gif" border="0"> to start calculating the unforming results using the solver.
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            <p class="para_item">Once the solver completes the calculations, you can view not the unforming results, but also the stress, strain, thickness, and springback result analysis.</p>
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            <div class="title_figure">Thickness result analysis in color plot mode</div>
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) Click <b class="uiTerm">Report</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/analysis/one-step_formability_analysis/report.gif" border="0"> to generate an external XML file with the XSL template, to export the analysis results and automatically capture the displayed images in an XML file.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Close</b> to finish the analysis and close the dialog box.
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